With his father suffering from Alzheimer’s, Barry Clayton leaves the Charlotte, N.C. police force and heads home to Gainesboro, a fictional town in the North Carolina mountains. His plan is to help his mother and Uncle Wayne with the family-run funeral home, but his plan quickly goes awry when he is shot presiding over the funeral of a local woman. From this point forward, Barry uses both his mortuary and his investigative skills to help solve local crimes. The series also features Barry’s friend and the local police chief, Tommy Lee Wadkins, and his girlfriend, Dr. Susan Miller.